Following 2016’s definitive collection of singles released by Sun Ra from across his illustrious career, Strut present the second volumes of the vinyl editions on 3LP and 10x45 box set formats which focus on Ra’s later 1962-1991 period.
Vinyl LP pressing housed in a gatefold sleeve, includes digital download. Strut present the second volume of definitive singles released by jazz maverick Sun Ra during his Earth years, spanning 1962 to 1991. Released prolifically during the 1950s and more sporadically thereafter, primarily on the Saturn label, the 45s offer one-off meteorites from Ra's prolific cosmic journey, tracing the development of his forward-thinking "Space-Bop" and his unique take on jazz and blues traditions which sounded unlike anything else from the period. As with his LPs, most 45s were only pressed in small runs and were sold at gigs and have since become extremely rare and sought after. Some have only been discovered in physical form in recent years; some were planned and penciled but allegedly never made it to vinyl and some appeared as one-off magazine singles and posthumous releases.
A2 –Sun Ra And His Arkestra* State Street
A3 –Sun Ra And His Arkestra* The Blue Set
A4 –Sun Ra And His Arkestra* Big City Blues
B1 –Sun Ra And His Arkestra* featuring Pat Patrick A Blue One
B2 –Sun Ra And His Arkestra* featuring Pat Patrick Orbitration In Blue
B3 –Sun Ra And His Arkestra* Hell #1 (a.k.a Out There A Minute)
B4 –Little Mack (2) With Sun Ra And His Arkestra* Tell Her To Come On Home
B5 –Little Mack (2) With Sun Ra And His Arkestra* I'm Making Believe
C1 –Sun Ra And His Outer Space Arkestra* The Bridge
C2 –Sun Ra And His Outer Space Arkestra* Rocket #9
C3 –Sun Ra And His Astro-Solar-Infinity Arkestra* Blues On Planet Mars
C4 –Sun Ra And His Astro-Solar-Infinity Arkestra* Saturn Moon
C5 –Sun Ra And His Astro-Intergalactic Infinity Arkestra* Journey To Saturn
C6 –Sun Ra And His Astro-Intergalactic Infinity Arkestra* Enlightenment
D1 –Sun Ra And His Astro-Intergalactic Infinity Arkestra* I'm Gonna Unmask The Batman
D2 –Sun Ra And His Astro-Intergalactic Infinity Arkestra* The Perfect Man
D3 –Sun Ra And His Arkestra* Love In Outer Space
D4 –Sun Ra And His Arkestra* Mayan Temple
D5 –Sun Ra Sky Blues
E1 –Sun Ra Disco 2021
E2 –Sun Ra Rough House Blues
E3 –Sun Ra Cosmo-Extensions
E4 –Sun Ra And His Outer Space Arkestra* Quest
E5 –Sun Ra And His Outer Space Arkestra* Outer Space Plateau
E6 –Sun Ra Arkestra* Sometimes I'm Happy
F1 –Sun Ra Arkestra* Nuclear War
F2 –Sun Ra Arkestra* On Jupiter / Cosmo Drama (Prophetika 1)
F3 –Sun Ra Arkestra* Cosmo Drama (Prophetika 2)
F4 –Sun Ra I Am The Instrument